Object photograph·Csn3895·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Back of a carved stone head with wavy hair and rows of curled locks at the nape, set on a plinth. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3895. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale stone sculpture of a head, seen from behind, with wavy parallel ridges of hair across the crown and rows of tight curled locks falling at the nape. Chips and worn edges show at the sides, and the head stands on a rectangular plinth with a scale bar and a number label in front. The photograph is mounted on a card with a border and a small printed label in the corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.